Kristin Neff

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Kristin Neff, PhD, is an Associate Professor at UT Austin. She is a pioneer in the field of self-compassion research, conducting the first empirical studies on the topic more than 20 years ago. In addition to writing numerous academic articles, she has co-developed an empirically supported training program called Mindful Self-Compassion, taught by thousands of teachers worldwide. She is author of the books Self-Compassion, Fierce Self-Compassion, and co-author (along with Chris Germer) of the Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook, Teaching the Mindful Self-Compassion Program, and her latest, the Mindful Self-Compassion for Burnout. She also runs the Self-Compassion Community, an online membership that offers live events with Kristin and other self-compassion experts, as well as providing live online mentoring and a self-compassion guided practice toolkit with all new audio recordings.

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Reviews

Marguerite McMullin

Oct 19, 2026

Viewing my struggles as a shared part of humanity makes me feel less broken - thank you Kristin

Sylvia Buschgens

Oct 16, 2026

Pure loving kindjes. Thank you ❤️

Marsha Neill

Oct 10, 2026

Sweet, simple guidance towards settling into self compassion and love. Loved it.

Pam Kolber-Zicca

Sep 28, 2026

I was looking for something to listen to as I needed to boost my mood this afternoon and this hit the spot

Sarah Baca

Sep 25, 2026

What a wonderful, short self compassion break. Just what I needed today.

Jeanne

Sep 22, 2026

I found this track to be exceptionally helpful. Instead of looking for kind and compassionate words from someone else I play this track. It moves me to tears. It touches something deep inside I’ve been missing. Thank you Kristen

Irene Kovacs-Donaghy

Sep 21, 2026

Great balance of acknowledging and accepting hard emotions

Sylvia Buschgens

Sep 19, 2026

Beautiful. 🥰 Thank you so much for this very important work! ❤️

Sylvia Buschgens

Sep 12, 2026

This is so strong en gentle at the same time. Thank you for sharing this meditation! 🩷🌿

Suparna Malhotra

Sep 5, 2026

A lovely version of the Loving Kindness meditation.

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